Extension table



pt. 3. 1940- A. M. ELLINGTON 2,213,696

EXTENS ION TABLE Filed Dec. 26, 1939 WK {/4/ 5:423 28 g A! II'lVElTtEIT l0 FlMElllngtcn-l F1 'ttElTI'lEl lEl Patented Sept. 3, 1940 EYE. S g

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2 Claims.

This invention appertains to extension tables of the general character shown in my pending application Serial No. 273,735, filed May 15, 1939, and the instant device is an improvement there- 5 over.

An object of my present invention is to provide an extension table of the console type having a rear drop-leaf, which table can be placed against a wall as an ornament or serving table or desk,

I or it can be moved out in a room and partially opened to be used as a card or lunch table for four persons, or fully opened out into a largesized dining table.

In my mentioned application, an extension 15 table was developed embodying table top sections connected together by table-slides, so that the sections could be separated for receiving leaves therebetween, with pivoted drop-leaves independent of the table sections and hingedly carried 20 by certain parts of the slides, whereby the table sections could be utilized for supporting the leaves when the leaves were in a horizontal position, and whereby the leaves could be moved with the slides under the table top sections when the 25 table was in its collapsed position and when the hinged leaves were in their lowered, vertical position.

One of the primary objects of my new invention is to provide means for detachably connecting a drop-leaf when the same is in its raised operative position, with its supporting table section, whereby accidental movement of the table section from under the leaf is prevented, and whereby after the leaf is connected with the table 35 section, such section and leaf can be slid back and forth as a single unit to facilitate the opening and closing of the table.

A further salient object of my invention is to provide interlocking means carried by an exten- 40 sion table section and a hinged drop-leaf carried by a table-slide part, whereby to permit the quick and easy connection of said parts together as a unit when desirable. v

With these and other objects in view, the in- 45 vention consists in the novel construction, ar-

rangement, and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which drawing:

50 Figure 1 is a top plan view of an extension console table constructed in accordance with my invention, the table being in its complete collapsed position with the rigid table tope broken away to illustrate structural details.

55 Figure 2 is a View similar to Figure 1, but showing the hinged leaf moved to its raised horizontal position and the table section moved thereunder for supporting the leaf, the table section and the hinged leaf being detachably connected together for synchronous movement.

Figure 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, detail, vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, showing the leaf in its lowered position and moved with the table-slides under the table top.

Figure 4 is a detail section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing the hinged leaf in its raised, operative position and detachably locked with its table-supporting section.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, but taken on the line 55 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing the table opened to a greater extent and an additional leaf placed on the table-slides between the hinged leaf and the rigid table top.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter T generally indicates a table, and, as shown, the same can be of the console type, but it is to be understood that the principle of my invention can be used with any type of table, providing the same is of the general character shown in my pending application.

As the table T is of the console type, the same includes a rigid table top Ill, which is perma nently secured to one table section II. This section it can include spaced, parallel, side rails 12 and a front cross rail H3. The top Ill and the rails 82 and Hi can have secured thereto front legs M.

Cooperating with the table section I I is a table section l5 which also includes spaced, parallel side rails l6 and a connecting rear cross rail l1. These rails I6 and I1 carry rear legs l8. Normally, the rails l2, l3, l6, and H constitute a depending rim or skirt for the table top.

The table sections H and I5 are slidably connected together for opening and closing movement away from and toward one another by table-slides l9 and 25!. These table slides l9 and 20 can be arranged on opposite sides of the center axis of the table, and the slides include outer slide portions Zl and 22 and intermediate slide portions 23, The outer slide portions 22 can be rigidly connected by fastening elements 24 with the under-surface of the rigid table top In, while the outer slide portions 2! can be connected by fastening elements 25 with the side rails [6 of the table section I5. The console table is provided with a rear dropleaf 26, and this drop-leaf, in accordance with my pending application, is connected by means of hinges 21 with certain intermediate slide parts 23 of the table-slides I9 and 20. Thus, the dropleaf 26 is hingedly carried by the table-slides and is independent of the table sections H and i5. Hence, when the leaf 26 is raised to its operative position, the section l of the table can be pulled out under the leaf 26 for supporting the same, as is clearly illustrated in Figures 2 and i. When the table section I5 is under the hinged leaf 26, there is danger that the said section l5 f might be accidentally pushed from under the leaf. Also, when the table is to be opened to a great extent, difficulty is had in moving the table section l5 and the leaf together. Therefore, in my present invention I provide means for detachably connecting the table section l5 with the hinged leaf 2fi'when the leaf is in a raised position and when the table section 55 is slid thereunder.

This interlocking means can take various forms, such as retractable bolts, catches, etc., and for the purpose of simplicity I have shown in this case the lower surface of the hinged leaf 26 provided with outwardly projecting dowel or similar pins The upper face on the cross rail ll of the table section 55 be provided with sockets 29 for receiving the pins 28 when the table section 95 and the leaf 2% are in proper position relative to one another. As shown in Figures l and 5, the leaf 2% is raised and can be pulled out with the slide parts slightly beyond the rigid table top it, after which the table section it is pulled out with the slides beyond the table top it and under the leaf 26, until the pins 28 carried by the leaf will ride into the sockets 29. When this happens, the leaf 2E and the table section l5 are interlocked and can be moved as a unit toward and away from the top 86 and the table section 1 I.

When a small tableonly is desired, the leaf 26 and the table section i 5 are pushed back until the same abut the top it (as shown in Figure 4). If

a larger table is needed, the leaf 26 and the section 55 are pulled out with the table-slides, so that one or more additional leaves 30 can be placed on the slides between the hinged leaf 26 and the table top H].

While I have shown a table of the console type, it is to be understood that the table could be modified and a hinged leaf could be placed at each end thereof similar to my pending application.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of my invention, provided such changes are within the scope of the claims, and what I claim as new is:

1. In an extension drop-leaf table, table sections, table-slides connecting the sections together for movement toward and away from one another,'a hinged leaf connected to certain parts of the table-slides for movement independent of the table sections, the leaf being adapted to be supported in. a raised horizontal position by a table section, and'means detachably connecting the leaf to the table section when supported thereby, so that said leaf and said section can be moved as a unit. I

2. In an extension table, table sections, extensible table-slides including outer slide parts and intermediate slide parts, means connecting the outer slide parts to the table sections, a leaf hingedly secured to certain of the intermediate parts of the table-slides, whereby the table sections and the leaf can be slid independently of one another, one of the table sections being adapted to move under the leaf when the same is in a raised operative position for supporting the same, and interlocking means carried by the ALVIN M. ELLINGTON. 

